Gabriel Tarde | |
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 Portrait by Eugène Pirou | |
| Born | 12 March 1843 Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France |
| Died | 13 May 1904 Paris, France |
| Alma mater | University of Toulouse University of Paris |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociologist, criminologist and social psychologist |
| Institutions | Collège de France |
Gabriel Tarde (French: [taʁd]; in full Jean-Gabriel De Tarde;[1] 12 March 1843 – 13 May 1904) was a French sociologist, criminologist and social psychologist who conceived sociology as based on small psychological interactions among individuals (much as if it were chemistry), the fundamental forces being imitation and innovation.